“I sound treated my new studio and wanted to measure the acoustics before/after. I got "REW" but it was a bit of a hassle to set up and get going, and at the same time a friend told me to check out Sonarworks.
Although this software didn't do what I originally intended to do, It still got my attention.
The studio was full of absorbers, and I knew I could invest more in bass traps, but what if I could calibrate the speakers and meet halfway?
I tried the trial version with a calibration mic I previously bought.
My speakers started sounding WAY better than before, but was this "correct"?
The sound was warm, full and rich, My Yamaha HS7's was on steroids. My test mixes sounded great everywhere and especially the low- and midrange was spot on.
I knew I had to get this, and Black Friday was coming up, so the purchase was a no-brainer.
Downsides? The M1 compatibility is not there yet, I have to restart the software as soon as I set to sleep, or if the screensaver starts, several times a day - but it still deserves five stars!
As of now, my friend that recommended this is borrowing my mic and will also do a calibration. I just told him he has to do it - end of discussion.
/Christian, Sweden”
“As a monitoring tool it is very helpful to work towards showing me what I am hearing in my mixes. As for all tools, I am reluctant to say it has totally fixed all my monitoring issues.
It's just good to have a base line tonal and phase corrected mix for working on my studio monitors. The headphone flattener curve changed the mix on my Beyerdynamic 1990's by removing the top end hype. I tend to flick between listening to them as-is and through the Sonarworks tonal correction.”
“Hello,
the new features of SoundId are a big plus for this new version. I do not put 5 stars because for the moment there are still problems of robustness of the system: display faults on differents applications (Windows 11, and Premiere Pro) more often the error "APO can't be applied"
Hope these bugs will be fixed soon
Best regards”
